Title in the Language of the Records

Collection Time Period

This collection of passenger lists card index covers the years 1904 to 1914.

Record Description

This is a collection of handwritten cards covering the information of over 8,800 passengers.

Record Content

The key genealogical facts found on the card index include:

Surname

Marital status

Occupation

Given name

Departure date

Passenger number

Ship name

Last residence place

Destination place

How to Use the Records

Use the last residence given in the card index to pursue earlier records for the individual: birth records in any case, marriage records for those that had been married.

Record History

This card file was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut from Bremen passenger ship lists sometime between WWI and WWII. When the allies occupied Germany at the end of WWII, the Institute was closed and later re-opened as the Institut für Austlandsbeziehungen. These records, created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, were subsequently transferred to the Bundesarchiv.

This name index includes approximately 8,800 individual emigrants. The cards appear to have been in good condition when they were microfilmed in 1988.

Why the Record Was Created

The index was created to facilitate access to the information in the Bremen passenger lists. It was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, who was interested in documenting German groups outside of Germany.

Record Reliability

The information is pretty reliable; however, as this index has been derived from the actual passenger lists, errors may have occurred during the indexing process.

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